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started reassembling the motor with an Explorer GT40 manifold and equal length shorties....
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Set the motor in...
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Ground the welds...
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Test fit the rest of the strut tower...
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Test fit and welded the new frame rail....
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Cut the lower portion of the strut tower...
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Started cutting the rotted frame rail away....
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Dropped the K member...
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All done...for now
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What we found when we got rid of the 3.8...
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picked up the stearing wheel for Johnnys car to day,horn button is back orderd but it is nice ,less than $300 for all
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Frame looked better after I replaced all the rusty parts with good stuff & boxed the whole frame
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This is what happens when you run rampant in Photoshop but I don't think 4 headlights will look all that good, even if I got the small ones
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My little bead roller sure came in handy when it came time to make the firewall
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Had to use part of the original fender to replace what was cut out by previous owner, luckily I had what was left of dad's truck's old fenders & grafted in what I needed, the lower rear of the fender stays on the cab, the sides would scrape on the sides of the cab when I tilted the front up
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The left front fender had a bit of damage on the front of it & was leaded not bondoed so it must have happened a long time ago.
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Got the overflow tank at 1 of the car shows in the area
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Old "jail house bars" grill, I'm thinking of just doing a simple tube grill
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This is the trailer dad welded using old batteries, my brother still has it & it is as strong as ever
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The body stuff after removing it from the frame
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Just some of the rust I had to replace
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Some one had to replace the wooden bed some time before dad got the truck, Coke sign would be worth a lot of money if it was complete & in better shape
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Old flat head seized from sitting in the field for 15 years
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This is all the room I have in my garage